Archive for January, 2010

Now I know this is a little late but I can assure you that if PharSide was running as it is at the time, this surely would have been posted no questions asked. You know as they say though… better late than never. Gentleman and possibly a few ladies, whatever floats your boat, I present to you, pics from the very exclusive Pirelli 2010 Calendar… wah wah wee wah wah!

The Pirelli calendar is a highlight every year, bringing together the world’s top models and top photographers. The calendar is famous for its limited availability because it is not sold and is only given as a corporate gift to a restricted number of important Pirelli customers and celebrity VIPs. The new 2010 calendar was shot by Terry Richardson and today I give you a full look at the piece. It features Miranda Kerr, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Ana Beatriz Barros, Lily Cole, Daisy Lowe, Marloes Horst, Abbey Lee, Catherine McNeil, Eniko Mihalik, Georgina Stojiljkovic, and Gracie Carvalho.

CAREFUL NOW… pics are obviously NSFW

Enjoy

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Just a pity it didn't feature our very own "Angel" Candice Swanepoel, but I think that may have been just a little too much for us to handle

May I just add that I have now decided to quit my job and do something a little more rewarding… Photography course starts Monday

- Marky Mark

Today many people such as myself waited in anticipation as to what Apple were going to announce at their conference in San Francisco. Was it going to be a new iPhone? Well we were hoping…

The last 15 months have been tough, and I say tough because 15 months ago I got a cellphone that was supposed to be hot shit and said to give the iPhone a run for its money, boasting a multitude of new features and awesomeness… well… I was wrong and very wrong I was because for the duration of my 18 month contract I have endured pain, suffering and quite often short spirts of absolute rage to the extent that I am quite surprised that this piece of shit that I own has not been thrown on the pavement with an awesome follow through swing and then subseqiently jumped on, crushing every single little component of its useless being. I can hear The Phreak chuckling away at me from over here, at my epic failure at choosing this Sony Ericsson X1 over an iPhone when I took out my contract. However to my utter delight for some reason I was on the O2 website the other day and noticed that if my monthly bill is over £50 a month which it always is, I can upgrade 3 months early…WOOT! WOOT! Well I can honestly say the rest of my day was awesome, because on the 4th February I can call up O2 and place an order for 1 x iPhone 3GS.

It wasn't soon after that that I realised there had been a lot of talk of rumours flying around the net about Apple releasing a new iPhone in June, known as an iPhone 4G which is said to be a major upgrade from even the 3GS and with Apple's announcement conference just days away, I thought I'd wait and see what was going to be revealed. Now the rumours are that the new iPhone would be kitted out with a 5 megapixel camera and 64GB storage space amongst other things which sound pretty great and possibly worth the grueling task of baring with this piece of shit that I currently own until then. 

So today came and the world sat on the edge of their seats closely watching what Steve Jobs was going to announce when out he comes with something we all kinda knew about anyway…. this…the iPad.

Basically what the iPad is, is a largely oversized iPhone (quite literally), about 10" across, better known as a tablet PC whereby everything is controlled by a touch screen, keyboard and all. Not something that is going to fit in your pocket, unless you are wearing dungarees ofcourse.This is something that the big players such as Microsoft and others have been trying to get off the ground for many many years now, but never really succeeded in breaking the market. To be honest I'm not too phased by it to say the least, and if it does actually break the market, I think that the only reason would be that its made by Apple and looks a bit more pimping than its predecessors. I wasn't even really that amazed by its spec to be honest… 1Ghz CPU and 64GB storage, perfect for media types and non-geeks. I'm like a racing car driver, I don't care what my car looks like, as long as its fast! And that was that… no talk of any new iPhone, pretty much to everyone's disappointment.

There is speculation that if they are going to release a new iPhone later on in the year then there would be another Apple announcement. Am I gonna gamble on that and it doesn't happen at all with me needlessly having to deal with my SE XShit for the extended period of time? no… I'll settle for a 3GS for now because no doubt will there be a new iPhone out by the time I'm due an upgrade.

- Marky Mark

Jennifer Love Hewitt was recently interviewed on Lopez Tonight and revealed something that has completely changed my "Little Sweet Princess" perception of her… RESPECT!

This is a little something my main man Nash shared a few words about a few days ago that I just could not resist giving my 2 cents about it.

I'd say by now you've seen a porno or two in the few years you've been on this planet, and for those who haven't… well you're either just weird, not normal, too young and should probably get the hell off my blog and climb back under your rock from whence you came you sad sad person You may have noticed back in the 70's or so, bush was in and these days the exact opposite is quite the norm where in some cases the only acceptable form and now here comes Jennifer Love Hewitt, the itty bitty little princess who you'd think would giggle and blush at the slightest mention of anything remotely erotic, and drops a bomb completely blowing the competition out of the water by setting a new standard in female presentation…

Observe….

my my, I'm strangely aroused haha

I'll give you a moment to pick your jaw up off the table…

Forget diamond rings and jewellery boys, soon your doll is gonna want a dashing new set of Swarovski crystals for her birthday because seriously, if celebs such as JLH start vagazzling their vajayjays, you know that shit is gonna catch on… 

Well I don't know about you, but I'm patiently waiting… "tick tock"

Oh and just one more thing guys…

Don't bother Googling that shit , I already tried haha Out of pure curiosity of course

What do you think of Vagazzling? comments please

- Marky Mark

No surprise from the advertising team at Axe (Lynx) for putting yet another hilarious ad together. Although this time the hotness that is Jaime Pressly features

Did I mention she is on my Top 10 Hottest Dolls list? I'm sure I heard a rumour a while ago that she was a porn star once upon a time… I dunno, but either way she was the reason I ever watched My Name is Earl, well apart from it being a hilarious comedy ofcourse

Enjoy

[Thanks Evan]

- Marky Mark

Just cause you're all so frickin awesome, I've decided to give away an entire case of Sparletta Creme Soda to one lucky bugger! And that lucky bugger may just be you so check it out…

Every Saffa in London knows the true value of a green ambulance, those little green drops of heaven aren't something you can get out of the fridge at any petrol station when you're putting petrol in like in SA, noooo, you have to get them from South African shops and sometimes at specific off-licenses that might stock a few South African products. In other words, when you have it, you savour it and enjoy it in its full capacity. So for my peoples in London I'm gonna show some appreciation for the support and giveaway a case of Creme Soda, yes 24 cans of pure saffa bliss

The way it is going to work is quite simple and thanks to FaceBook its going to be even simpler.

All you need to do is make sure you are a fan of PharSide.co.uk on FaceBook. As you can see in the fan box below, this shows a number of members at random every time you visit this page. So on the 31 January, whoever is the first person displayed in the top left corner of the fan box when I bring up the page, gets the case. Its that simple. Kinda like a mini lotto but it doesn't cost you anything. So share this with your mates and tjoon them to go halvies with you if they win

So make sure you're a fan to be able to be a part of the fun and on the 31st January I just might be contacting you to tell you you've just won yourself a case of Creme Soda. Just add a one bottle blue top and you've got yourself a cane train haha

On the 31st January the winner will be announced and a screenshot posted showing the result.

For the time being this is only open to fans in London as your case of Creme Soda will be delivered to you. Unfortunately it doesn't seem as simple a task to arrange in SA.

- Marky Mark

Invictus, the movie starring Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar  and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela was released on 11 December 2009, however it was only released on this date in the US and South Africa…

Since then the film has been receiving rave reviews in the US and especially South Africa which is no surprise really. However, the film is only scheduled for release in Australia on 21 January 2010 leaving the UK more or less last in line, due for release only on 5 February 2010.

Now my point is this, did whoever decides on these release dates not quite do their homework correctly, because had they done so properly, they may have just noticed that the UK aswell as Australia are massive havens for expat South African's who would quite honestly go to great lengths in the height of anticipation, wanting to see such a largely spoken about film about such a historic event in South African history, which each and every South African inside or outside of South Africa can relate to. If this was some kind of marketing idea to increase the hype, then a maximum of two weeks would have been more than sufficient between release dates to build momentum for the film. The reason being, is that we don't live in the dark ages anymore without the internet, email, blogs or even the telephone for that matter, news travels fast these days. While the film was still being edited its popularity amongst South African's was already sky rocketing.

In my opinion, the gap between release dates is far too long, the longer the wait the more open it becomes to pirate copies leaking out onto the net in the form of, probably the most hated word in the film industry… Torrents…  I highly doubt that I'd be able to find many, if any anxious South Africans in the UK just itching to see the movie that they've been hearing so much about from all their mates back home, who would wait until February to watch the movie at a cinema than watch a good quality torrent download given the oppitunity. Rumour has it that there are already near DVD quality copies available for download bouncing around the net. As soon as one person gets their hands on a copy or a link since over here you can download a 1GB file in about 20mins, I reckon its gonna spread through the Saffa community at a pace twice the speed of swine flu, which is a bit of a shame really, but what can you do, people are hungry for it at the end of the day.

I cannot wait to see it on the big screen and if you notice a sudden drop in Saffa population in London bars during the evening of the 5th Feb, there's only one place you'll find them… at your local Odeon

It is an unbelievably awesome movie that really strikes a chord in your heart and serves up a nice dosage of the emotions that every South African felt on that day… when The Springboks won the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final.

If you aren't fully aware of how much went on behind the scenes of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, then the following video should bring you up to speed, make sure you have a tissue ready as this video alone can strike the same chords as mentioned earlier

Check out the Invictus Trailer below

- Marky Mark

It seems Pamela Anderson being in close proximity to me, didn’t go down quietly at all, noooo…

It appears yours truly made an appearance in a number of major publications worldwide.

Here’s a little round up of where I featured

2OceansVibe.com – Now this is something that I didn’t see coming, in fact I read the entire snippet without twigging on that this was myself that I was reading about for a few seconds. I am still in awe that Seth Rotherham had taken the time to punch in a few words down for moi… the one thing that springs to mind is the “We’re not worthy” scene from Wayne’s World… After all, Seth was the final bit of inspiration that caused PharSide to be what it is today, so I’m pretty chuffed about that Cheers Seth

SA Promo Magazine – If you had a look on Page 41 of the latest copy of SA Promo Magazine which is one of the biggest publications for South African’s outside of South Africa, you may have noticed a nice little article along with the photo of Pammy and Viv enjoying their moment with me. Again that “We’re not worthy” scene from Wayne’s World replays in my head. Massive Thanks to Sue and JC at SA Promo for the mention. At this rate I’m soon going to be able to pull a Paris Hilton and start charging clubs ridiculous amounts of money to have me make an appearance If you didn’t manage to get hold of a hard copy of SA Promo, check the online version here, also check out the wicked new site design

Daily Mail – Would you believe it the paps even got a photo of me which landed up in one of the UK’s biggest news papers. He was lucky enough to get Pammy and Viv in the pic aswell, he must have got alot for a triple whammy pic like this Thanks Daily Mail

- Marky Mark

And so 2009 has come and gone, 2010 has kicked in and looking extremely positive already.

Firstly I hope you all had a wicked new years, and secondly apologies for the lack of posts recently. Unfortunately it would seem that the silly season's constant partying antics cloud the writing skills somewhat along with moving house and getting back, stuck into the full time job have also kept me away my laptop.

2010 has already started to get very exciting and is no doubt looking to be a year of alot going on. Already I've moved back to the "Passion Palace" due to the studio flat becoming a little cramped for myself and The Jen, so we've got a bigger boat for ourselves, plus more exciting plans in the pipeline so you'll just have to wait and see. It seriously looks like its gonna be a biggie!

Here's wishing you the very best for the year ahead and may you wildest dreams come true haha

- Marky Mark